E-commerce websites and tourist attraction
sites emerged as the two most searched items by passengers using free Wi-Fi
internet service at Konkan
Railway stations, a senior official said
on Friday. There were "hardly any reports" of passengers using the service
to access porn on the internet, the official added.
The Wi-Fi service is available at 28
stations on the Konkan route since its inauguration on May 21 last year, is a
joint effort of Konkan Railway (KRCL) and broadband and internet service
provider Joister, he added.
"Since its launch, over 2.92 lakh
users have registered with Joister Infoserve Pvt. Ltd and have been availing
the free Wi-Fi service," the official said.
"Passengers at Konkan Railway
stations use the free Wi-Fi service to search for places in the Konkan belt
that are worth visiting. This is followed by e-commerce portals. Websites
connected with academics is also on the list of searches and so are employment
sites," the official said. The list is the result of a joint internal study
of the Wi-Fi service carried out by KRCL and Joister Infoserve, he said.
"We hardly have any report of porn
sites being watched using our Wi-Fi services," he said. Joister chairman
and managing director, Nikunj Kampani, said that it was good to know that the
service was proving helpful to passengers. "We aim to transform India into
a digitally empowered economy. We want to work hand in hand to fulfil Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of a digital India," he said.
He added that the firm, which provides free
Wi-Fi internet services to several police establishments in the state, was now
planning to launch them in rural areas of Maharashtra.